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My 1999 306 diesel snaps alternator belts. Ive lost 6 in 2 years ...they last about 8000 miles. I have changed bottom pulley, pas pump, and the idle pulleys. The rubber has been stripped for about 30mm.... It can go either when starting up, or on a motorway, at 60 mph.....

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IM thinking about the alternator....there is no play in it, and it is nice and free running. The stripping if the rubber worries me. It looks like it is being done by a small pulley, not bottom pulley or pas pump, as it is small.... The idle rollers I think, run on the back of the belt...how tight should the belt be? Surely by the amount if belt around each pulley it has plenty of grip so needn't be guitar string tight...?but it's not loose by any measure....

No gates are a good O.E. quality, and your more than happy with the alignment as you have said,
have you checked all the pullys for damage, i.e ran your finger over each one making sure no burrs or sharpe edges?
how do you check the Tension?

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nothing sophisticated....do it up until there is just a little movement when pushed with a finger....not slack by any means, but not drum tight either. Then then adjuster tightened, then rechecked...... Is there a better way without special tools?

Ever since ive had the car, it has been quite hard to change gears. You have to give quite some force to get into some and sometimes it wont let you in at all (but double clutching usually fixes that). Its worst when the car is cold and it gets better as it warms up.
Does anyone know of a...

I have a 1994 peugeot 306 xsi and have a weird problem with my gauges
When i turn up my interior fan speed, my coolant temp goes up and my fuel gauge
I guess its something electrical but i dont really know